Updated - Photos show how extreme heat is affecting parts of Europe
A vendor sells hats during a heat wave in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
A lingering heat wave has roasted much of Europe, leading authorities to raise warnings and tourists to find ways to beat the heat.
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Such events are becoming increasingly common across Europe as global warming boosts temperatures.
Tourists with an umbrella walk in front of the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis Hill, Thursday, June 26, 2025 as the summer’s first heatwave hits Greece, with temperatures expected to edge over 40 degrees Celsius, (104 Farenheit).(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Tourists with an umbrella walk in front of the ancient Parthenon temple at the Acropolis Hill, Thursday, June 26, 2025 as the summer’s first heatwave hits Greece, with temperatures expected to edge over 40 degrees Celsius, (104 Farenheit).(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
People walk past a mist machine to cool down during a hot day in the Monastiraki district of Athens, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
People walk past a mist machine to cool down during a hot day in the Monastiraki district of Athens, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Young people walk through the water installation “Hexagonal Water Pavilion” by Danish artist Jeppe Hein in front of the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)
Young people walk through the water installation “Hexagonal Water Pavilion” by Danish artist Jeppe Hein in front of the Neues Museum in Nuremberg, Germany, Wednesday, July 2, 2025. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)
People use umbrellas in hot weather to shelter from the sun while walking past the Forum of Augustus, in Rome, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
People use umbrellas in hot weather to shelter from the sun while walking past the Forum of Augustus, in Rome, Monday, June 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A polar bear cools down on a pile of ice that was brought to its enclosure on a hot and sunny day at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A polar bear cools down on a pile of ice that was brought to its enclosure on a hot and sunny day at the Prague zoo, Czech Republic, Tuesday, July 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An Icelandic horse drinks water from a water hose at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2025, at the beginning of a multi-day heat wave. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An Icelandic horse drinks water from a water hose at a stud farm in Wehrheim near Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, June 30, 2025, at the beginning of a multi-day heat wave. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A beachgoer sits in the water on the sea shore during a heat wave Monday, June 30, 2025 in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, southern France. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
A beachgoer sits in the water on the sea shore during a heat wave Monday, June 30, 2025 in Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, southern France. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly)
Tourists walk though fresh water vapor sprayed to the ground during a mister test, during a heat wave Monday, June 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
Tourists walk though fresh water vapor sprayed to the ground during a mister test, during a heat wave Monday, June 30, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.